In a Study of Desensitization to Violence in Kids Who

question 19

Multiple Choice

In a study of desensitization to violence in kids who play violent video games, the researchers randomly assigned over 250 male and female college students to play either a violent or a nonviolent video game for 20 minutes (Carnagey, Anderson, & Bushman, 2007) . Then they measured their physiological responses to films of real-life violence, such as courtroom outbursts, police confrontations, shootings, and prison fights. The students who had played the violent video games showed

• A) evidence of physiological arousal while watching the films of real people being stabbed and shot than the students who had played the nonviolent games.
• B) evidence of physiological sedation watching the films of real people being stabbed and shot than the students who had played the nonviolent games.
• C) less evidence of physiological sedation while watching the films of real people being stabbed and shot than the students who had played the nonviolent games.
• D) less evidence of physiological arousal while watching the films of real people being stabbed and shot than the students who had played the nonviolent games.

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